Second Helpings of the Eucharist?

Q.Past teachings in the Church have said that parishioners should receive Eucharist only one time per day; however, is it not the case that more contemporary teachings relax this view? With multiple services in a day what is the current practice, and what is the justification?

A. The teaching has been relaxed to a matter of personal conscience; however, consensus is that since each service is uniquely about the gathered community any person may receive without stricture. The same reasoning dictates why we don’t just consecrate sacramental elements at the first Eucharist of the day for all the rest of the Eucharists that day. Each service is treated with the respect that it is due as a gathering of the assembly, in its own right, involving the consecration of that assembly, and bread and wine for that assembly. If a person celebrates eight Eucharists on a Sunday, whether a priest or a layperson, they communicate eight times.

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I have worked with Ellen Johnston at the Center for Liturgy and Music as we
work to enliven our music. She has provided me with resources about
millennials and what they like and has also given me hymn references for WLP
that are singable by the congregation. She talked with me about hiring a new
music director and made time for me in her busy schedule. I am glad the
center is at VTS.